Student Suspension and Expulsion Procedures: A Model Policy and Rules, with Comments, for Assistance to Local Boards in Meeting the Requirements of Procedural Due Process in Dealing with Student Suspension and Expulsion.

Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines.

With their emphasis on due process, these model rules and policies can help schools safeguard the rights of students and ensure that schools are more certain of the facts when all other alternatives have failed and it is necessary to dismiss or expel a student. Local rules and policies based on this model should help to keep both the rights and responsibilities of the student and the school in perspective. (Author/IRT)